North of the Han River.

The Jiaozhou Army did not follow Guan Yu's orders and blocked Cao's army halfway.

Guan Yu was not present at the scene, and he didn't know that Lei Yuan was scattered very hard and was limited by the terrain, so it was difficult to concentrate for a while.

It is not necessary to block Cao's army for three days, but after He Song died in battle and his troops were defeated, Lei Yuan realized: I'm afraid he would have to shed the last drop of blood from tens of thousands of soldiers of the Jiaozhou army and dye both sides of the Qingshui River red.

After all, what Lei Yuan led was not the people's army with the will of steel in later generations. In the final analysis, the Jiaozhou army was still an army of the old era. In Lei Yuan's view, their fighting will comes more from the land, houses and official positions given to them by Lei Yuan, from their expectations for a better future, and from their personal trust in Lei Yuan, but may not be able to support them in carrying out the mission that must be dying.

Lei Yuan himself is not a cruel general who uses the lives of soldiers to exchange for reputation and wealth. Even if he can drive tens of thousands of people to death with one order, he will never do so.

Under such circumstances, Lei Yuan made a bold decision.

Starting from yesterday morning, the Jiaozhou army no longer sought to gather head-on and block Cao's army. They simply continued to disperse, and many troops were constantly entangled with the Cao army at a scale of two or three thousand people, repeatedly forming a situation of intertwining. Then they quickly retreated and constantly involved Cao's pursuers.

The Jiaozhou Army took the Lujiang Lei clan as its backbone, and the Lujiang Lei clan originated from the Huainan Haoyou Alliance backbone. Many of these soldiers from Huainan have now become the backbone of the Jiaozhou Army. Compared with the ordinary generals and generals of the military system, they are more clever and more ruthless.

With the experience of breaking the whole thing into pieces and fighting the imperial army in the mountains, they can communicate with each other through whistles or horns with complex meanings, and always maintain a flexible and maneuverable state.

Not only that, during the years when Lei Yuan was in Jiaozhou, he also dispatched tens of thousands of troops to fight against the barbarian tribes. It is common for the generals and schools of various departments to lead troops through Hepu, Gaoliang, Jiaozhi and even the deep mountains and valleys in the northern part of Yizhou, and to lose contact with the camp or the main force of the army.

Many generals and schoolmen were accustomed to this situation of separate combat and independent combat. The soldiers from the top to bottom of the Jiaozhou Army were able to bear such pressure.

I'm afraid that only Jiaozhou Army can do such a fighting style today.

As a result, the Cao army on the opposite side was difficult to deal with. Even if Yu Jin and Zhu Ling were old generals, they felt like they could not start.

They seemed to have met the Yellow Turban Army who had been active in Qingxu, Runan and other places for many years. They did not know where the enemy's headquarters was, nor did they know which one was the main force. Just under their noses, the Jiaozhou army scattered and reunited, gathered and dispersed again, and left and returned with one blow, like an old cowhide that could not be torn or torn was wrapped up again and again.

In fact, it may not be very threatening, but it takes a lot of effort to tear it apart.

The problem is, how could the equipment, fighting spirit and organization of the Jiaozhou Army be comparable to the Yellow Turban Army? To be honest, it is more than a hundred times better!

In order to cope with this offensive, the brigade of Cao's army was disrupted again and again, while the soldiers and elite cavalry of the central army were always half a beat slower to put out the fire, and they were in vain.

From early morning yesterday to noon today, although the Jiaozhou Army did not stop, it greatly delayed the Cao army's actions.

At this time, the elite light troops of Cao's army, which had marched the fastest, had arrived in Fancheng, and another side division also drove straight on a raft to Dengsai, but the queues of the various units behind were becoming looser and looser.

Looking from south to north, countless generals and schools led their troops, distributed on winding waterways and land routes from Xinye to Fancheng for more than 150 miles.

From the east-west direction, due to repeated disturbances by the various units of the Jiaozhou Army, many of the Cao army's troops were sent out again and again to expel the enemy's troops to the east. Sometimes they were able to return to the building, but more often, they were attracted between the water and depressions east of the Qingshui River.

As the water level subsided, the high ground exposed to the water surface formed a complex terrain. The boats and rafts of the Cao army could not guarantee that they could pass through it freely. If they were careless, they would be hit hard and become fish on the sacrificial plate of the Jiaozhou army.

But such a battle is not easy either.

At this moment, Ding Feng led his troops to attack fiercely, and before the successor Cao's army arrived, completely defeating part of the Cao army suppressed on the edge of the swamp.

More than 30 people died on the spot, and more than a hundred exhausted soldiers threw down their weapons and armor and fled deep into the swamp. Although the flood had passed, the swamps everywhere were much more terrifying than ordinary rivers. After they escaped into the swamp, they would soon be swallowed up by sludge that was waist-length or even chest-length, and then turned into food from the mouths of wild beasts.

Ding Feng's troops got a rest yesterday afternoon. The soldiers were in good physical strength and energy at this moment. So he stayed there and even held the military flag high, waiting for the next group of Cao troops to chase him.

According to Lei Yuan's intention, he should actually go east and continue to attract Cao's army to pursue him. Dante Feng became aggressive and insisted on fighting for another battle, and his subordinates could not stop him.

The next group of Cao troops arrived in a moment, and the battle began again.

This Cao army had a large number of troops and was very experienced in leading the army. It tried its best to maintain a continuous and complete front line on the winding hills, and to force the oppression of Ding Feng's troops.

Ding Feng's troops indeed retreated step by step. So, when they crossed a river beach covered with soft silt and wet sand, Cao's army bumped into it.

Half of their soldiers were immediately trapped in mud and could not move, and Ding Feng immediately led his entourage to launch a horizontal attack.

During these battles, Ding Fengdu personally visited the enemy and suffered several injuries. At this time, he broke into the enemy's formation and was slashing and killing. Someone threw a stone and hit his forehead.

Ding Feng's helmet was already a top-quality product, but he couldn't bear the impact of the stone. The long strip of armor on the edge of the helmet was immediately broken away. Ding Feng felt a sharp pain on his forehead, almost thinking that his brain had burst, and then blood poured out, covering his right gaze, and flowing along his neck to his chest.

Such a large amount of blood loss immediately made Ding Feng dizzy and staggered two steps.

The personal soldiers around him quickly surrounded him and wanted to protect him and retreat. Dante Feng's fighting spirit was burning, so how could he retreat? Not only did he not retreat, he also rushed forward and killed several enemy troops in a row. It was not until the Cao army's formation was shattered that he returned to bandage the wound and led his subordinates to retreat eastward.

Two miles away from Ding Feng's battle, Lei Yuan and a group of entourages were waiting for the battle.

Ma Zhong lined up tall reeds and looked at Ding Feng's battle situation. He couldn't help but sigh. They arrived here to help Ding Feng repel the pursuers, but Ding Feng couldn't kill him so much that his own mission was completed.

He turned around and said, "Okay, General, we can take a little rest."

Lei Yuan touched his stomach and smiled and said, "I'm hungry, find something to cushion my stomach."

Ma Zhong looked at the skin on his waist: "I still have a few scones, general, do you?"

Lei Yuan shook his head repeatedly: "That's not delicious! Han Zhang, please take it..."

He called Li Zhen habitually, and then he remembered that Li Zhen was sent to Xiangyang by him last night and was not around now.

Could it be that you really want to eat those two delicious scones?

Lei Yuan thought about it and wiped his face casually.

Because of the various parts fighting, Lei Yuan, the left general, could not avoid taking over the enemy today. Just half an hour ago, he personally drew his sword and fought with Cao's soldiers and killed one person. At this moment, sweat and blood mixed together, stuck to his eyebrows and hair, and formed into pieces, making people feel very uncomfortable.

He raised his hand and peeled the blood clot next to his cheekbones: "Take it quickly! The scones are very good!"

Ma Zhong quickly took the scones for Lei Yuan.

Lei Yuan swallowed voraciously.
Chapter completed!